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WEATHER STRIP. t No. 305,683. Patented Sept. 23, 1884.

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DANIEL SETH EARLY, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

WEATHERL-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,683, datedSeptember 23, 1884. Application filed June 18, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL SETH EARLY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in\Veather-Strips; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention is designed to supply a cheap, durable, and effectual meansfor preventing rain, snow, dust, &c., fromentering the house between thebottom of the door and the threshold or carpet-strip. It is automatic inits action, and obviates the use of springs and similar devices commonlyused on weatherstrips.

- The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings,reference being made to the different parts of the device by letters.

Similar letters denote corresponding parts in the several views.

' Figure 1 of the drawings is a front elevation of the lower part of adoor and my weatherstrip in operative position. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the door-casing, prepared to receive an end of theweather-strip. Fig. 3 is an end view of the invention when the door isclosed. Fig. 4. is a similar view, the door being open, and Fig. 5 is aportion of the pendent strip used in the device.

The letter A indicates a strip of molding whose length equals the widthof the door D.

Bis a narrow piece of canvas, waterproof cloth, or other preferredmaterial about twice the width of the strip A and ot' the same length.On each side of the lower part of the cloth B is a thin piece of wood ormetal, b. These strips 7) b are secured closely to the cloth and to eachother by brads or screws. The upper portion of the cloth B is holdtightly between the door and the'piece A, the latter being held in placeon the outside of the door, near the bottom, by the screws a a. Themiddle portion of the cloth B serves as a continuoushinge by means ofwhich the pendant formed of the canvas and the two pieces I) b mayoscillate from and toward the door.

E is the threshold,.beveled at front and back in the usual manner.

F is a side of the door-casing, showing (see Fig. 2) the recess f formedto receive an end of the weather-strip when the door is shut. Each endof the strip is thus provided for.-

My weather-strip may be used without making these recesses in thedoor-casings by cutting the strip a little shorter, so as to clear thecasings when the door is closed. hen the door is opened, the pendent orgravity strip B b I) just clears the floor or carpet; but on closing thedoor the pendant strikes the threshold E and slides up the incline. Thisrising of the pendant I secure more certainly by rounding off a corner,(Z, of the pendant at its end next the hinged side of the door. \Vhenthe door is shut the hanging strip B b 1) drops by its own weight uponthe outer incline of the threshold E. A violent wind only forces thependent strip more closely against the carpet-strip, and by myconstruction and arrangement of the parts of the invention not only israin and dust excluded, but also the outer air is prevented fromentering the house to any perceptible extent.

' .I am aware that a weather-stri p and its hinge, consisting of acontinuous strip of flexible fabric stiffened by strips on each side andmade fast between the door and the molding is not in itself new; also,that a weather-strip having its corner rounded that it "may readily rideover the carpet-strip on the closing of the door is not new, and I donot broadly claim these features of the invention; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by ,Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1. A Weatherstrip formedof the pieceA, the screws a u, the hinge 1),strips 1) b, and rounded corner (Z, substantially as described. 2. Incombination with a door, D, a carpetstrip, E, and the door-casings F F,having the recesses f f, the piece A, screws (0 a, hinge B, strips 1) b,and rounded corner d, as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL SETH EARLY.

\Vitnesscs:

A. J. Faonn, Jenn EMMINGER.

